Angela Merkel has agreed to cap the number of refugees arriving in Germany at 200,000, as a modification during coalition dialogue to form a new government. The German chancellor, who has opened up Germany’s borders to people running away from war in the Middle East and Africa, made the concession …

A German charity whose refugee rescue ship was seized by Italian authorities have denied the ship had contact with Libyan smugglers. The aid organisation, Jugend Rettet, is demanding the seizure of the rescue ship at a court in Trapani in court hearings that began on Tuesday. The charity has requested …